African students in India ask their governments for help
The deepening COVID-19 crisis in India has put the African higher education community in the country on high alert and has brought into sharp focus the response of Indian universities to protect their students and lecturers, including thousands of African students.
By 6 May, India had recorded 21,077,410 COVID-19 infections, including 230,168 deaths, according to World Meter.
The Association of African Students in India (AASI) has called on universities, embassies and other organisations involved in higher education to support foreign students and to help them to access vaccinations.
This comes amid rising anxiety following reports that Emmanuel Harrison Ngowi, a Tanzanian national, died of COVID-19 complications in the city of Vadodara while undergoing treatment.